
Why haven’t workers returned to the labor force after COVID-19?
Brookings Podcast on Economic Activity
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Analyzing the Impact of COVID-19 on Labor Force Participation
This chapter explores the impact of COVID-19 on labor force participation through two approaches: analyzing health-related absences and tracking the effects of long COVID on disabled individuals. It also discusses how fear of COVID contributes to the missing workers in the labor force.
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